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Decadent Collection (page 3)

Background imageDecadent Collection: Lounge Lizard 1930S

Lounge Lizard 1930S
A bloated man languishing on a luxurious Regency (or Egyptian) style sofa, draped with an extravagant tassled throw. Date: early 1930s

Background imageDecadent Collection: The Toilet of Helen by Aubrey Beardsley

The Toilet of Helen by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to his novel Under the Hill. A bare-breasted Helen is preened and pampered by decorative ladies in 18th century dress

Background imageDecadent Collection: Satire on art of Aubrey Beardsley

Satire on art of Aubrey Beardsley
Airs Resumptive. V. - Lilith Libifera (after Rossetti). A satirical drawing and poem published in Punch in 1894 on the art of Aubrey Beardsley

Background imageDecadent Collection: The Coiffing by Aubrey Beardsley

The Coiffing by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to his poem The Ballad of a Barber which was first published in The Savoy, volume III in July 1896

Background imageDecadent Collection: Messalina by Aubrey Beardsley

Messalina by Aubrey Beardsley
Messalina and her companion by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to an edition of the Roman satirist Juvenals Sixth Satire. Messalina was the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius. Date: 1895

Background imageDecadent Collection: Smoking Fashions 1836

Smoking Fashions 1836
Green cravat, yellow waistcoat with Brandenbourg trim, red fringed sash, green checked trousers, red slippers, paisley dressing gown & long pipe. Brown cloak with cape

Background imageDecadent Collection: Costume / Shoe Shop

Costume / Shoe Shop
Two elegant, society ladies wearing fur stoles, hats & gloves patronise a shoe shop where the more practically garbed shop assistant sees to their every whim

Background imageDecadent Collection: Berlin Opera 1920S

Berlin Opera 1920S
At the Opera Decadent scene of wining, dining and socialising in full evening dress at the Berlin Opera House

Background imageDecadent Collection: Decadents of 1892

Decadents of 1892
Decadent young men of the 90s

Background imageDecadent Collection: Caricature of Paul Verlaine, French poet

Caricature of Paul Verlaine, French poet
Paul Verlaine, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. Seen here in a caricature, with the word Anarchy written across his forehead, playing a lyre, with an arrow stuck through a heart

Background imageDecadent Collection: Long Pipe 1836

Long Pipe 1836
Decadent gent smoking a long exotic looking oriental pipe converses with a cohort back from a night on the tiles



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